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Like many tropical wood types, ebony is an endangered species that is tricky to use, such in in-strument manufacturing.

A deep-learning algorithm developed by EPFL scientists can generate melodies that imitate a given style of music.

EPFL scientists have invented a new type of 'acoustic prism? that can split a sound into its constituent frequencies. Their acoustic prism has applications in sound detection. Almost 400 years ago, Newton showed that a prism could split white light into the colors of the rainbow, with each colour corresponding to a different wave frequency.

04. EPFL's Metamedia Center will soon finish digitizing the Montreux Jazz Festival archive, and an initial selection of concerts has been made available at montreuxjazz.com.